John Lennon
(1940-1980), Musician; co-founder and singer for The BeatlesSitter in 90 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
Born in Liverpool, John Lennon was a singer, songwriter, artist and member of the Beatles. Lennon married Cynthia Powell in August 1962 and later married Yoko Ono who he met at the Indica Gallery in London. In 1970, the Beatles split and Lennon embarked on a solo career. Although his first solo album Imagine and the song with the same name, reflected many of his personal and idealistic dreams for the world, it became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album of his career. On 8 December 1980, he became a victim of an assassination by a crazed fan. He died on the doorstep of The Dakota building in New York, aged forty.
The Beatles (Pete Best; George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Stuart Sutcliffe)
by Astrid Kirchherr
gelatin silver print, 1960
NPG P1690
The Beatles (George Harrison; Stuart Sutcliffe; John Lennon)
by Astrid Kirchherr
gelatin silver print, 1960
NPG P1691
The Beatles (George Harrison; John Lennon)
by Astrid Kirchherr
gelatin silver print, 1962
NPG P1692
The Beatles (Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney)
by Robert Whitaker
gelatin silver print, October 1964
NPG P1348
The Beatles (Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon)
by Robert Whitaker
colour print, 1965
NPG P1349
The Beatles (John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr)
by Robert Whitaker
cibachrome print, 1966
NPG P733
The Beatles (Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; George Harrison; John Lennon)
by Linda McCartney
platinum print, 1967
NPG P577
The Beatles (John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney)
by Don McCullin
bromide print, 28 July 1968
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P1382
T for The Beatles (John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr)
by Peter Blake
screenprint, 1991
NPG 6672
The Beatles (George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr)
by Astrid Kirchherr
bromide fibre print, November 1962
On display at Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
NPG x128620
The Beatles (George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr)
by Les Chadwick, for Peter Kaye Photography
postcard print, September 1962
NPG x199158
The Beatles with Gerry and The Pacemakers and Roy Orbison
by Harry Hammond
bromide fibre print, 1963
NPG x15551
The Beatles (George Harrison; Ringo Starr; Paul McCartney; John Lennon)
by Michael Ward
bromide fibre print, 20 February 1963
NPG x128563
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